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Posts tagged Deepwater Horizon
Video: On Deadly Ground
Jul 12th
This old clip needs no commentary from me. It is from the 1994 movie On Deadly Ground. It deserves 4 minutes of your full attention. (The last minute of this clip is credits, so no need to wait for anything spectacular at the end.)
“How many oil spills can we endure?” Indeed, how many… We must reach a higher level of consciousness as a people to save our planet. We force change with our wallets. We do so by coming together and punishing bad behavior (inefficiency and waste) from government and big business, and rewarding good behavior (efficiency). More >
Buying Time and Selling Out
Jul 8th
Who Is BP Putting In Your Community?
Jul 6th
Destin resident Rachelle Roubique details her “adventure” finding a way to contribute to the gulf oil spill clean up efforts, via BP. It sounds about at easy as my efforts to de-code EPA air/water quality data, but far more disgusting. I encourage you to read Rachelle’s entire report here. Excerpts follow: More >
Should You Boycott BP?
Jun 9th
Our main focus is to raise awareness about the toxic nature of Corexit, as well as its low level of efficiency (the two versions being used rank 13th and 16th for efficiency) on Louisiana crude (45.4% and 31% effective). But in recent weeks there’s been an uproar to “boycott BP”, a sentiment I can certainly appreciate. These efforts may be a bit misguided however, if you consider all the things we use that are derived from petroleum and petroleum-based products. More >
Follow The Data, Forget Conspiracy Theory
Jun 5th
We are not fans of conspiracy theory here, but we are huge proponents of facts. So we have a few facts to share, consolidated in one place. More >
